Aaron Bushnell lived in perfect keeping with his anarchist principles, and that kind of life is worth celebrating. He planted trees everywhere he went, he helped the unhoused and fed the hungry, he was kind to everyone he met, he loved his cat, he wrote poetry, and he posted beautiful things online.
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The way this world devours beautiful people is devastating. He was indoctrinated from a young age to join the military, and he became aware of the imperial war machine only after he was inside it. He wasn't able to wait it out any longer because he felt that would have made him directly complicit in the violent eradication of a whole ethnicity of people. Within this context, his choice was rational, principled, and calculated.
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It is important to underscore that this wasn't an unhinged emotional act - it was one that came from a place of radical empathy. American weapons are literally setting people on fire by the thousands. He made that reality uncomfortably visible to many that did not want to see it.
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